Suppose iron handles manufactures cast iron skillets. one model is a 10-inch skillet that sells for $ 30. iron handles projects sales of 625 10-inch skillets per month. the production costs are $ 8 per skillet for direct materials, $ 2 per skillet for direct labor, and $ 5 per skillet for manufacturing overhead. iron handles has 45 10-inch skillets in inventory at the beginning of july but wants to have an ending inventory equal to 30% of the next month's sales. selling and administrative expenses for this product line are $ 1 comma 400 per month. iron handles is budgeted to produce 768 skillets in july. compute the total amount budgeted for product costs for july.

David burdick is the ceo of acme bubblegum, a successful public company. as one of the cofounders of the company, burdick has enjoyed speaking and writing about the success of acme bubblegum for several years. typically, he speaks at conferences or directly to the press, but recently, he has been blogging about his firm anonymously. specifically, he defended a recent advertising campaign that was unpopular among consumers and pointedly attacked one of acme bubblegum’s competitors. burdick deeply enjoys his anonymous blogging and believes that none of his readers actually know that he works for acme bubblegum.should burdick be allowed to praise his company’s performance anonymously online? should he be allowed to attack his competitors without disclosing his relationship with the company? how would you feel if the ceo of a company at which you shopped was secretly writing criticisms of his or her competition? how would you feel if you knew a writer for your favorite blog was actually closely involved in a company that the blog discussed? 1. define the ethical issue? 2. who are the primary stakeholders? 3. what are the possible alternatives? 4. how could you evaluate the ethical implications of the alternative actions (use appropriate decision rules)? 5. what action would you recommend and why?